coronary bypass
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Definition
- Noun:
- A surgical procedure for heart disease: A "coronary bypass" is a major surgical operation performed on the heart. During this surgery, a healthy blood vessel from another part of the patient's body is connected to the coronary artery. This creates a new pathway for blood to flow around a blocked or narrowed section of the artery, improving blood supply to the heart muscle.
Usage and Examples
- Noun:
- After his heart attack, the doctor recommended a coronary bypass to restore proper blood flow.
- The success rate for a coronary bypass surgery is very high.
- Recovery from a coronary bypass can take several weeks.
Advanced Usage
- "to undergo a coronary bypass": to have this surgical procedure performed.
- The patient had to undergo a coronary bypass last month.
- "coronary bypass surgery": the full term for the medical operation (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as per instructions).
- Coronary bypass surgery is a common treatment for severe coronary artery disease.
Variants and Related Words
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): The full medical term for the procedure, often used interchangeably with "coronary bypass."
- The technical name for the operation is a coronary artery bypass graft.
- Bypass surgery: A more general term that can refer to this or similar procedures.
- He is scheduled for bypass surgery next week.
Synonyms
- Heart bypass: A common informal synonym.
- CABG: The standard medical acronym.
Related Phrases
- Double/triple/quadruple bypass: These terms specify the number of coronary arteries that are bypassed during a single surgical procedure.
- The surgeon performed a triple bypass to address multiple blockages.
Noun
- open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart